Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1995, 6:39 PM EDT for Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1995, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Screven County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAGS 312243 SVRAGS GAC251-312330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 639 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN SCREVEN COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT 635 PM EDT INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE SCREVEN-BULLOCH COUNTY LINE JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF DOVER. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VTERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
GAZ102-120-122-312210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 505 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1995 AT 458 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO WESTERN QUITMAN COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT STEWART AND NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:12 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-312310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 608 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1995 AT 600 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGTHNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA INCLUDING THE COLUMBUS METRO AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| May 31, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 37 min |
| May 31, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.